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Data on black men show crisis

Chicago Tribune - April 17, 2007


NEW YORK -- Citing bleak data on incarceration, joblessness and AIDS, the National Urban League said Monday that problems facing black men represent America's most serious social crisis and proposed an aggressive campaign to provide them with more opportunities.

The group called for universal early-childhood education, more second-chance programs for dropouts and former felons, and expanded use of all-male schools emphasizing mentoring and longer class hours.

According to the report, black men are more than twice as likely to be unemployed as white males while earning 74 percent as much per year. They are nearly seven times more likely to be incarcerated, with average jail sentences about 10 months longer than those of white men, the report said.

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